'The Dark Knight' actor Eric Roberts calls 'Joker' ‘nasty’

The Dark Knight actor Eric Roberts has criticised Joker, while at the same time praising Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as the titular villain.

Roberts told NME that Phoenix gave “one of the most fun performances” he had “ever witnessed,” something that the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences firmly agreed with as they gave him the Best Actor Oscar for his turn in the film.

It was at this point that Roberts spoke about the differences between Phoenix and Heath Ledger’s portrayals of the Joker, admitting that he saw similarities between their characters, even though the films themselves were very, very different.

“Both those guys got the bone marrow of that guy, but they both had different blood types, if you know what I mean by that. One’s an O-, one’s an O+ and they can’t be similar except in the make-up really.”